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Published on: October 28, 2022
Rapid solidification of simulated radioactive contaminated soil by continuous microwave sintering: Effects of
Wenhong Han1, Dong Wu2, Jitao Xuan3
1State Key Laboratory of Environmental-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang Sichuan, 621010, PR China.
Abstract:
In order to find a rapid, efficient, safe and reliable treatment technology for radioactive contaminated soil, the microwave sintering method was used to sinter the simulated radioactive contaminated soil with different CeO2 content at 1100 °C, 1200 °C and 1300 °C for 30 min to achieve vitrification. The phase, microstructure, morphology, mechanical properties, and chemical durability of the sintered samples were investigated. XRD and SEM-EDS results showed that Ce4+ did not participate in the formation of the glass network, but was fixed in the glass network structure. The amorphous fraction of the samples sintered at 1300 °C can reach up to 98%. EDS results showed that the element distribution was uniform. In addition, the density and hardness values of the sintered matrices were in the range of 1.875-2.543 g/cm3 and 6.667-7.112 GPa, respectively. Our results show that the density and hardness values are related to the sintering temperature and CeO2 content. The normalized leaching rate of Ce in samples reached 10-7 g/(m2·d) after 28 d.
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